For those who are curious about the inner workings of the human brain, there may be no better opportunity to learn about the organ than from someone who has seen it up close and personal. For the ...

Renowned neurologist and A.D. White Professor at Large Oliver Sacks attracted students, faculty and residents to Statler Auditorium last night for a lecture entitled "Creativity and the Brain." After ...

The human brain solves problems in a nearly perfect way, if you observe the biology of it from the perspective of a physicist. Biophysicist William Bialek, the final speaker in the “Evolving Brain” ...

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It may seem unlikely, but bars in San Francisco are sites for academic lectures, part of a new program called Big Brain SF. "People are there for the knowledge, but they're also there for the ...

Lab-grown “reductionist replicas” of the human brain are helping scientists understand fetal development and cognitive disorders, including autism. But ethical questions loom. Brain organoids, which ...